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  1. Do Adn/Rn's ever get to be a charge nurse?

    Katie5 replied to northmississippi's topic in General Nursing

    Prove your

  2. Spouses/Visitors In Patient's Beds

    Katie5 replied to jpmrt's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    What's her reason?She might have to deal with it some other way- they are called loved ones for a reason. If I'm sick and feeling all yucky and icky and possibly looking that way too and my loved one...

  3. It still bothers me.

    Katie5 replied to chicookie's topic in General Nursing

    Hubris. It bothers you because somewhere at the back of your mind, there is a nagging doubt that perhaps you could have handled the situation much differently. The doctor was probably not having a bad...

  4. Nasty email from CNS

    Katie5 replied to Cg-RN's topic in General Nursing

    No one EVER likes to be told they are wrong. You were right in your decision, but it did not gain you anything except meanness from your manager. Next time, try more tact and diplomacy, frame your...

  5. Calling a Patient 'Sugar': Abuse?

    Katie5 replied to Trancelation's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Abuse may not be the word to use, but yes for me as a colleague, I'd be irritated. I am NOT your

  6. LVN "teamate" not doing meds properly-advice wanted

    Katie5 replied to babblingbrook's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Forgone conclusion. Is picking another teammate an option? Otherwise dissolve the team-who needs a team like that, when they only pull you

  7. Patient complaint filed

    Katie5 replied to ladytopaz56's topic in General Nursing

    Baloney:uhoh3:. I do hope everything is

  8. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    Katie5 replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What is the definition of a new grad? Speaking totally independent of this thread, a new grad may be new in that particular field with tons of leadership experience in another career path. Or a career...

  9. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    Katie5 replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    What's your degree

  10. I am a new grad and got a job as ALF director position!

    Katie5 replied to eve5483's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    She's going to be the director, there will be, I trust, a DON. As to respecting her,either you're for her or you're against her. Opinions will be welcomed and even encouraged, but an intent to be...

  11. so i called in sick today...

    Katie5 replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in General Nursing

    Not to be mean or anything, but I don't like threads where the writer comes in with this:confused: or this on their faces. Surely, you had an inkling of what was going on.Kind of reminds me of...

  12. I think my personality is keeping me from finding a job ...please help

    Katie5 replied to Guest03/15/15's topic in General Nursing

    Reviewed.You got the job.Pure

  13. Nurse burnout/Moral distress/Compassion fatigue

    Katie5 replied to Lee238's topic in General Nursing

    You're disillusioned. Your troubles have peaked. I'm never one to advocate leaving a job without further actions. You need to step away from the situation causing this and reevaluate. Mental/Emotional...

  14. are nurses satisfied?

    Katie5 replied to snickerdoodle17_1's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Then it becomes work. If it is a career you love and chose, it is always fun for you. I know(I've been

  15. What should I do about the patient from hell?

    Katie5 replied to mountain_biker_88's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    That was a low

  16. LPN vs RN

    Katie5 replied to Mrs. SnowStormRN's topic in LPN to RN

    Just because you "stair-stepped" doesn't mean everyone else wants to. Just because you "stair-stepped" doesn't mean that another who "stair-steps" will remember their journey climbing up the stairs....

  17. Should I quit my ICU job?

    Katie5 replied to StellaMarisRN's topic in Critical Care

    At some point in time, you have to have confidence in your skills. Not too much bravado because you're dealing with human life, but enough to want to learn. Your preceptor will not spoon-feed you...

  18. COPD- 98% O2 sat?

    Katie5 replied to payang0722's topic in General Nursing

    :up:yes n

  19. The CEO said WHAT!!!!

    Katie5 replied to resumecpr's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    Incomplete story. We need some specifics. Surely there was some sort of discussion going on at the time he said this. When you say, "all the nurse managers.",I'm clarifying to see if you mean ALL the...

  20. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    Katie5 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Maybe true, maybe not. This core of nursing is an implementation of the plans made up behind closed(or open) doors as the case may be. Bedside nursing is not an independent process but rather the...

  21. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    Katie5 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    If it is not charted, you didn't do it. Careplans in the mind is all well and good...for the people who can read

  22. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    Katie5 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    It is because of this quote and "a nurse is a nurse is a nurse", is why the nursing profession(eriklson)is seen to be straggling most times. People most times take you the way you take

  23. Job offers while still in school

    Katie5 replied to jam752's topic in General Nursing

    Nothing is ever an absolute.The OP may be that

  24. Are nurses "above" menial pt tasks?

    Katie5 replied to trauma_lama's topic in General Nursing

    Who assigns status to these things?I do these daily for myself, it's not considered

  25. Time to call a duck a duck, part II

    Katie5 replied to eriksoln's topic in General Nursing

    Very well written and concise. For a seperate topic on a seperate day, I would not neccesarily say that "people have risen above bedside nursing or consider it too menial for them", I would like to...